In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WINTRINESS
Etymology
Noun
wintriness (usually uncountable, plural wintrinesses)
The state or quality of being wintry.
Source: Wiktionary
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SUMMIT
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
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